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Events and parking

Park and Ride – Due to construction work on site, we are not able to guarantee parking spaces on the N&N Hospital site. The Costessey Park & Ride Konectbus Service 510, runs Monday to Friday every 15 minutes for £1 per person.

Becoming a Governor

The Council of Governors

Each NHS Foundation Trust must have a Council of Governors. The Governors represent the interests of the members and any partner organisations in monitoring how services are developed and how the organisation is managed. See the profiles of ourGovernors.

Our Council of Governors has the following seats:

A Chair (who is also Chair of the Board of Directors)

16 Public Governors elected from the public membership

6 Staff Governors elected from the staff membership

3 Partner Governors nominated by the organisations they represent

How are the public governors selected?

In order to ensure that the interests of the community are broadly reflected, there are governors to be elected from each of the current constituencies:

Norwich x3

Breckland x3

Broadland x3

North Norfolk x2

South Norfolk x2

Gt Yarmouth/Waveney x1

West Norfolk x1

Rest of England x1

Governors are elected by the membership of their constituency (eg Broadland members elect Broadland Governors). Our first election was held between January and April 2008 in line with national guidelines and we run annual elections to fill any vacancies on our Council of Governors.

How are staff governors selected?

We want a broad representation across all staff groups and therefore the staff membership elect staff Governors in the following categories:

Nursing and Midwifery x2

Medical x1

Admin and Clerical x1

Clinical Support x1

Facilities Contractors/Volunteers x1

How are other governors be selected?

A number of local organisations appoint aGovernor to represent their interests on our Council of Governors. They are the University of East Anglia, the Clinical Commissioning Groups and Norfolk County Council.

Elected governors serve a term of three years, after which they can be re-elected. Newly elected governors are provided with induction training which will provide them with the skills and information they require to fulfil their role.

The Council of Governors will meet at least four times a year; the Trust will provide support to meetings. Governors will not receive payment for their role; they will however be entitled to claim relevant expenses i.e. travel expenses.

Governors can also get involved in hospital working groups such as those looking at nutrition, patient dignity, preventing falls and infection control. The Governors also help in recruiting new members at hospital events, such as the open day, and community events and fetes.

Interested in becomingaGovernor?

Before an election takes place all members are advised through the Pulse magazine which is sent to members each quarter. In order to stand as agovernor in the election members are required to complete a nomination form. All prospective governors are expected to:

provide a supporting statement (up to 120 words) describing why they wish to be agovernor

complete a declaration of interests

Where a seat is contested then voting will be by secret ballot, using the “single transferable vote’ method where preferred candidates are ranked in order.

If you are interested in becomingaGovernor please contact our Membership Manager.